Loki is Jötunn/Asgardian God of Mischief and Prince of Lies, the adopted son of Odin and typically the archenemy of his brother, Thor, as well as the adoptive brother to former Guardian of the Galaxy, Angela. Loki has schemed against Thor and Asgard for ages and his cosmic meddling led to the formation of the Avengers. Recently reincarnated as a teen, he has decided to try to reform, and is now a part of the Young Avengers.

Origin

Young Loki with Thor

Loki is the birth son of the Frost Giant Laufey, the former King of the Ice realm. Odin declared war and killed Laufey, when he saw Loki as a baby, He adopted him - This was to follow a prophecy done by his father Bor.

Childhood

Loki was not like his brother Thor, He proved to be a mischievous child, and was often also jealous of the affection Odin showed his older brother Thor. He began studying Asgardian magic and science, both of which he would become very proficient in, eventually becoming one of the strongest sorcerers in the Asgard. Loki is well known for cutting off the long, golden hair of Thor's love, Sif. He was forced by Thor to restore it. Loki then enlisted two dwarves to do so, but when he refused to pay them, they made new, black hair out of nothing.

In his youth, Loki tried again and again to get advantage over his Older brother Thor. Odin sent Thor, Balder, and Sif out to get materials for a sword. Loki followed them secretly, but found that an evil goddess was about to attack, and was forced to alert them instead of stopping them. Meanwhile, Odin loved Thor so much that he was preparing his greatest gift to the young Thor. When Thor turned eight, Odin had a magical hammer created, an amazingly powerful one - Mjolnir. Loki was jealous, and he showed his first signs of evil. He interfered with Mjolnir while it was still being made-he caused the handle to be made too short. As a boy, he wanted Mjolnir's power which would someday be Thor's and often tried to steal it.

This all had an effect on Loki. He grew angrier with each passing day, he was truly becoming evil. His hate for Thor and desire to rule Asgard manifested along with his sorcery and mischief. He got jaded and evil. He finally made a vow-to be the most powerful god in Asgard, And to kill his brother Thor.

Major Story Arcs

Loki Before the Avengers

Loki - God of Lies

Loki is best known for fighting Thor, and other heroes in the Marvel Universe. Most notably the Avengers, although he's fought many others. However Loki was an enemy of Thor, and goodness before he entered the Marvel Universe and was known. Thor and Loki grew up, and Thor gained the throne of Asgard. Loki became a public enemy. He often tried to seize the throne of Asgard and perpetrated numerous crimes. Eventually, his crimes grew so great that Odin himself was forced to take drastic action. He trapped Loki inside a tree as punishment for his crimes. Loki, however was very skilled in magic and escaped.

Disgruntled, he wandered until finding Eldred, a sorcerer. Eldred was amazingly skilled and powerful in magic, and he specialized in black magic. Eldred taught Loki in the black arts until Loki was as skilled as he. Loki left with his new found abilities,and found someone who could enhance his power even more - Surtur the fire demon. He had power beyond power-and he had a particular liking for souls. Loki turned on his teacher. He sold Eldred's soul to Surtur for power, and he assumed even more power, and all of Eldred's lands, minions, and possessions.

Loki went through acts like this for a long time. He drew farther into black magic, and earned the title "god of evil" among the Asgardians. He also met with and formed alliances with many of the worst creatures in Asgard, horrible creatures. Angerboda was an evil goddess, and she became Loki's wife. Their children were Midgard Serpent, Fenris Wolf, and Hela (later goddess of death and enemy of Thor). Also, he married Sigyn, by tricking her into believing he was Theoric, her lover.

Also, an important development happened at this time. Loki learned of a prophecy-Ragnarok. In Ragnarok, it was fated that he would bring about Asgard's ruin. He would lead the enemies of Asgard into a war against Asgard, kill Balder, and destroy the whole place. Loki being evil liked the idea, and accepted it as his destiny. He often tried to destroy Asgard and bring about Ragnarok, but Odin stopped him. However, he had such crafty schemes that no one could prove he did it. Meanwhile, his brother Thor had became arrogant. The worship of Midgard, and adulation of Asgard as their king went to his head. He also got proud and selfish. One day, while fighting a Frost Giant, he chased it into Frost Giant territory. This nearly caused a war. Odin was so angry that he decided to punish Thor. He created a mortal body for Thor, Donald Blake, stripped Thor of his powers and memories, and trapped him inside the body of Donald Blake, M.D.

Ages of Thunder

Asgard was under attack by the Frost Giants. All the gods were at battle as if it was soon to be the end of Asgard. In the end it was Thor standing strong with his lightning winning the battle for Asgard. Thor brought down a mighty giant who fell and destroyed a giant wall of Asgard which stood as long as anyone could remember. The wall was ruined but it was spring once again. Yggdrasil grew golden apples once again for the Asgardians to feast on. It was only Enchantress who had the power to pick the apples from the great tree. All of the gods gained wisdom and youth from eating these apples in all their meals. All that is, except for the mighty Thor. Heimdall then spots a man walking towards Asgard. The man was a mason who offered Odin to fix his great wall which had been destroyed in their war against the Frost Giants. The mason said he'd be able to fix the wall in a year if you could have one thing. He wanted neither riches or power, only the Enchantress herself. Loki talked to Odin and they decided to accept his offer to rebuild their wall. However, they told him that he'd have six months and not a year to do so. They all agreed as the gods deemed it as an impossible task for the man. However, the man built at an alarming rate that would finish the wall in less than six months. This greatly angered Odin and he told Loki to fix their problem or else he'd bind him to stone forever. Loki then shapeshifted into a mare in order to distract the man's steed. All night, Loki distracted the steed and in the morning, the man wasn't able to finish the wall. Odin told the man that he couldn't complete the task, but the man knew that it was Loki who distracted his steed and who made him fail in his task. The man began to say that he'd kill them all and showed his true form. He was actually a shapeshifting Frost Giant who was ready to damn the Asgardians. As he fought Loki and Odin, Thor returned from his recent journey and killed the Giant by throwing Mjolnir at him. He then ordered Loki to clean up his mess. He walked through Asgard, carrying with him the heads of several Frost Giants.

Loki was then banished from Asgard for yet another attempt of trickery. Loki wandered though Asgard with no food or direction. It seemed as if he'd been traveling in the snow for thousands of years. One day, an eagle came up to him and asked him questions. The eagle laughed at Loki, seeing how weak and desperate he was. The eagle offered Loki a deal. He'd give him food if he could bring him his desire, Enchantress. Loki then talked to Enchantress and fooled her after saying he found golden apples which she could pick. They climbed to the top of the snowy mountain where a Frost Giant who was actually the eagle, was waiting for them. The Giant then took Enchantress with him to be her queen. The Asgardians then began to starve as there was nobody who could pick the golden apples from the tree. Odin then found out that it was all Loki's fault and he forced Loki to go and save Enchantress from the Frost Giant. Loki then went back to the lair of the Frost Giant. He found Enchantress laying there tied up while the Frost giant was sleeping. He sneaked her out but the Frost Giant woke up and discovered that she was missing. The Frost Giant eventually caught up to the two Asgardians and he took hold of them. There was nobody to rescue the two from the hands of the Frost Giant. But Thor came flying from the sky and he flew straight through and killed the Frost Giant. Enchantress was then returned to Asgard and the gods could all feast once again.

Avengers Creation

Loki and the Avengers

Donald Blake was a happy, normal doctor. He was caring and loving and had a good family. Then the alien Kronans invaded. Fleeing, Blake fled into the cave Thor was born in. He found a walking stick, and when he picked it up, it became Mjolnir. He transformed into Thor and regained his memories. This meant he could change into Thor whenever he wanted, so Thor was back on Earth And Loki found out. Naturally, this was big news for the evil god-his long lost, worst enemy brother was free and asking for it. He used powerful magic and managed to escape his imprisonment and go to and island. There, Loki made his first, most notable appearance.

Loki traveled to Earth, and found an incredible engine of destruction equal to Thor- the Incredible Hulk. He used psychic powers to make the slow Hulk believe there was dynamite placed on the train tracks. Hulk destroyed the train trestle to stop the "dynamite", and held the track on his shoulders so that the train could pass comfortably. However, the driver just saw a busted track and Hulk beneath it. Naturally, he concluded that Hulk was on the rampage. He put out a distress call to stop the Hulk's rampage. Loki intercepted the call and stopped it from reaching the Fantastic Four,and other heroes. The only one he let the transmission reach was Donald Blake, who instantly transformed into Thor. Also, Iron Man, Ant-Man, and Wasp picked up the signal. Ant-Man used his network of ants to find Hulk. He had been captured and was working in a circus, as the strongman. Ant-Man quickly found him and had the ants trap Hulk beneath Earth. Hulk escaped, though, and was met by Iron Man. Iron Man and Ant-Man teamed up on Hulk, but he ripped through their efforts and escaped into the desert.

Meanwhile, Thor figured out that this looked like the work of Loki. He found permission from Odin and traveled to the Asgardian island that Loki was holed up on. Loki created many challenges for him along the way, like volcanoes, but Thor persevered. They met, even for the first time in centuries. Loki created conjurations that Thor battled, but he defeated them. However, Loki had a trick up his sleeve. He cut a deal with trolls that lived beneath the surface-he would deliver them the most powerful god if they would get him. The trolls dragged Thor underground-but he used Mjolnir to shine a brilliant light. The underground creatures were blinded. Thor then defeated Loki in combat, captured him, and brought him to Earth.

Meanwhile, Iron Man and Hulk have been battling ferociously in a factory. As they battled, Thor showed up with Loki prisoner. He explained that it was really Loki's tricks. Hulk attacked Loki, but he turned radioactive. However, Loki tried to destroy Thor and fell through a trap door, which trapped inside a lead lined tank. The five heroes celebrated, and decided to form a team. Wasp suggested the name "Avengers". And thus, the Avengers were born-all due to Loki. The Avengers would become Loki's second greatest enemy-right behind Thor. They also became Earth's Greatest Heroes, and Loki's attack unwittingly created what would be an enemy of evil. and him often-totally inadvertently.

Battles and Usurpings

Hela - Daughter of Loki

Loki often battled Thor, both by himself and using pawns, in the period after. Loki's doing was part of the creation of many powerful villains that fought Thor, the Avengers, and other heroes. Among his pawns were Absorbing Man, Destroyer, Cobra, Enchantress and Executioner, Lava Men, Super-Skrull, Mr. Hyde, Weather-maker, and Surtur. These villains fought the Avengers and Thor,and were extremely successful. Enchantress and Executioner in particular were among the most dangerous enemies of the Avengers for a long time.

Also, Loki plotted another huge attack and plans to attain his ultimate goal. Odin ruled Asgard ,and was so powerful that Loki would never be able to defeat him and rule Asgard, although rest assured that Loki tried. But Odin had to sleep (or hibernate) in the Odinsleep for a time periodically to regain power. Loki tried to gain the throne of Asgard then, while Odin's guard was down. He actually was successful. He gained control of the throne of Asgard. However, he ran into a problem. Asgard had a number of powerful enemies that were dangerous. It took a lot of skill and will, and Loki realized it was harder then it looked. Mangog and Surtur, who was angry at the God of Mischief, caused so many problems, and scared Loki so much that he stepped down.

Loki also made several other evil bids to destroy his enemies and gain power during this time. He teamed up with Dormammu, the insane and powerful ruler of the Dark Dimension. to try and gain the Evil Eye. This was a mystical, powerful object that would give him power beyond his wildest dreams (like Red Skull and Cosmic Cube). Ironically, he was tricking the Avengers and another team, the Defenders, into building it for him. However, unlike Red Skull and the Cube, Loki failed. He also launched a direct attack on Midgard, but he was stopped by Thor, and a team of other heroes which stopped him and the Asgardian army.

Finally, Loki stole the throne of Asgard again and was defeated. Odin was seriously angry now. He stripped Loki of his memories, made a body of a hobo for him, put his consciousness into it, and booted him off to Earth to be a hobo. Loki lived that way for a while until he was saved by a journalist-Harris Hobbs. Hobbs had made it to Asgard but Thor wiped his memories. A dream restored his memories, and the dream somehow reached Loki and restored his memories. Angry he managed to cause Ragnarok by killing Balder with an arrow, but Balder was revived. Loki also gave a mortal the same powers as Thor so he could be an assistant. The mortal was Red Norvell. Loki was punished, but blamed Odin and got off again.

Loki's Tri-Sentinel!

Once, Hela cursed Thor. He would be immortal but would never heal from injuries. Loki found out and was pleased with Hela, who was doing a better job killing Thor then he had ever done. He sent the Destroyer, an army of frost giants. the creepy Midgard Serpent after Thor. Thor got reduced to a puddle of broken bones, blood, and assorted crushed organs. However, he was still alive. Thor mentally took over the Destroyer armor though, found Hela, beat her down, then forced her to take the curse off. Thor snapped Loki's arm as punishment.

Once, Seth and the Demons of Death attacked Asgard. In a horrible war, Seth managed to capture Odin,and keep him inside the source of Seth's power-the magical Black Pyramid. Loki and Thor teamed up and rescued Odin, who then inflicted his wrath upon Seth. This is one of the few times Loki has worked with Thor. Another time, Loki concocted a huge plot to rule the Earth ,and destroy the Avengers. He brought together Red Skull, Magneto, Kingpin, Doctor Doom, Wizard, and Mandarin,and offered them the chance to manipulate heroes into battles to destroy them. He was manipulating them all into thinking they were the leader, being the God of Mischief. However, Thor found out and beat the crap out of Loki. In vengeance, he created the Tri-Sentinel to raise hell. but Spider-Man gained the Uni-Power, became Captain Universe, and destroyed it.

Evil Plot

Loki and the Enchantress

Loki made a new plot soon after this, and barring his first appearance in Avengers #1, it was his most devious yet. This particular appearance would have him as a businessman, trapped by Mephisto, fighting Thor and Eric Masterson, and possessing none other then the War Machine. First, Loki made his plot-then he took the form of a businessman on Midgard and found Ulik, a troll, Amora the Enchantress, and the Wrecking Crew. Loki had them capture Kevin Masterson, the son of Eric Masterson. Eric Masterson had been bound to Thor in his body. Thor was angry at Loki, and even in a human body, he managed to set Kevin free for Eric. As he was escaping, Loki launched a power blast at Kevin and Marcy, his mother-just to be a jerk.

But Enchantress had secretly turned against Loki. She took control of the body of another mortal, Susan Austin-Kevin's babysitter. In Austin's body, she took the hit, transferring her consciousness back at the last second. This attack really ticked off Thor-Loki was trying to kill innocent mortals for no reason at all, who did nothing to him, just to spite Thor. The wrath of the God of Thunder truly fell upon the now terrified Loki this time. Thor drained the life force from Loki with Mjolnir. It appeared that this killed Loki. As punishment, Thor was banished to Eric's subconscious as punishment by Odin. Eric became the new Thor, although he took the name Thunderstrike instead. Thunderstrike got a short series in the early 90s.

Meanwhile, Loki had taken over the body of Odin while he was in Odinsleep. He explored his new amazing power, laughed his ass off at Thor for a while, then took control of Asgard. He was busy ruling. Odin's spirit floated down into the Realm of Mephisto, which was quite the bounty for it's new owner, Mephisto. The souls of the innocent are fine, but the soul of the King of the Gods was better. Fortunately, Thunderstrike and Thor's old buddy Sif traveled to Mephisto's Realm and busted Odin out, restoring him to his body. Mephisto simply took Loki instead. He made a deal with Pluto, an evil underworld god of Hades. Loki would try to take down Hercules if Pluto would take down Thor. Mephisto was busy at the time and wasn't paying attention to Loki, not a good thing to do, even if you own his soul.

Loki tried having a Titan attack Hercules, but it failed. So he had the Flame, a high-level minion, attack Thor. However, the psychotic Flame almost hurt Sigyn, and Loki ended up having to save Thor from his own henchman. Loki was still trapped in Mephisto's Realm, but Thor eventually rescued him to help him fight the New Immortals bonded to a suit of armor -- his body was long gone. Afterwards, he continued to fight Thor and now Thunderstrike. He even possessed the War Machine to fight them, gained a new body from Seth afterwards. But then War Machine, the new Ant-Man ( Scott Lang), and She-Hulk teamed up on him, reminding him of the Avengers-and he had more then enough trouble with the Avengers. He ended the fight.

Infinity Gems

After fighting Thor some more, Loki had a plan to capture ultimate power-with the Infinity Gems. The Infinity Gems were a collection of powerful gems-seven of them. If anyone ever managed to collect all seven, they would possess ultimate power-total omnipotence. Thanos and Red Skull had both tried and failed to capture them (although Skull got the Cosmic Cube later).

Loki found that the Gems were all floating in an alternate dimension-the Ultraverse. He traveled to this other reality to capture the Gems. They were already owned by the Ultras-a race of ultra powerful superhumans native to the Ultraverse. Each one had a gem, and each was incredibly powerful. Loki traveled off and met them one by one-and easily destroyed them, one by one. They were no match for the God of Mischief. After killing each one, he procured another Gem. He got six of them-but then realized that something was missing. Loki hadn't understood the the true meaning of the Gems. He didn't know he would need a seventh. He spent a long time searching until one of the Elders of the Universe- Grandmaster-appeared to him and informed him that he needed another Gem-the Ego Gem. Loki, the Avengers, and Ultraforce (the heroes of that dimension) all fought for the Gem. However, Loki couldn't defeat both Ultraforce and the Avengers. He never got the Gem, and eventually lost all of them-the closest Loki had come to true omnipotence. Humiliated, he returned to his own dimension-and he was angry ...

Ragnarok

The Asgardian gods during Ragnarok

Meanwhile, Loki had continued to try to start Ragnarok. Through the whole time, he had carried out various plots to set the plan going and destroy Asgard. However, through the efforts of Odin and Thor, he had so far been thwarted at every turn. After the Infinity Gems debacle, Loki started trying harder, and Odin sensed that Ragnarok was going to come soon. To try and increase the time they had life, he tricked Yggdrasil, the World Tree, into thinking that Ragnarok had already happened, and all the Asgardians were stripped of their memories and identities, given mortal identities, and placed on Midgard. Loki became an Oriental businessman named Tso Zhung. Thor became Jake Olsen, a paramedic. Red Norvell found all the gods and brought them together, giving them their identities. Loki regained his identity first and fought Seth, who had tried to destroy all Asgardians with the opportunity. Eventually, all the Asgardians regained their identities.

However, Jake Olsen (the real one) was killed, and Thor used the name and appearance Jake Olsen as a secret identity. Loki reanimated the dead body and used it to commit crimes so Thor would be arrested, but Thor trapped Loki in a body exactly the same as Jake Olsen's. Loki was sent to prison.

Rune King Thor beheading Loki

Fortunately for him, Loki was eventually released from prison-just as Surtur actually managed to kill Odin. Thor took the throne, and things temporarily worked out for Loki-he got more power, and saw how Thor put Asgardian pieces of culture on Earth. But he was still evil, and he still believed in his destiny. And he knew what his destiny was. Ragnarok.

Loki forged another uru hammer similar to Mjolnir that he could use himself. He started another plan to try and start Ragnarok and destroy Asgard. Thor could have stopped him-he always had in the past. But he realized that the greatest possible honor on Asgard was to die fighting as a warrior. Asgard was on a loop, Loki attacks, Thor saves, death, rebirth. Thor accepted the destiny that Loki would eventually destroy Asgard and start Ragnarok-and he could have everyone in Asgard die a warrior's death.

But he had to get his own back first, because if he was letting a whole dimension die, he might as well get revenge on his greatest enemy, who had plagued him so much. With a swift stroke of Mjolnir, Thor hacked Loki's head off. Of course, Loki was an amazingly powerful sorcerer, and decapitation didn't kill him. His head still lived, so Thor carried it with him when he traveled to Asgard. Surtur was preparing to unleash an amazing assault on Asgard-that would destroy it unless Thor stopped it. He let Surtur launch the attack-and Asgard was destroyed. But before Thor died, he confronted Those Who Sit Above In Shadow. The powers responsible for Ragnaroks, and he destroyed them. Then Asgard died-carrying Thor with it.

As for Loki, what could he do? Thor had decapitated him. All he could do was sit and watch as his ultimate goal-Ragnarok-was carried-and then scream as he was vanquished in the attack. The last act of Loki-a sad and troubled life, to say the least. But even if his last act was to scream as his greatest plan destroyed him, Loki was still quite possibly the greatest threat to Thor and Asgard-and even in death, in the end-Loki won.

Rebirth

Loki reborn and possessing Sif's Body

Like all the "dead" Asgardians, Loki was reborn as a human form and imprisoned by Balder to prevent Thor from restoring Asgard. However the fates had a little surprise for him as he was reborn as a female, inhabiting the body of Sif, Thor's true love. Loki has seemingly devoted herself to aiding her brother and former enemy in his quest to restore Asgard but knowing Loki this is undoubtedly a plan she has set into motion to destroy her brother once again. Due to Loki's latest moves Lady Sif remains as the last Aesir that is trapped in human form and Balder discovered that he is a true son of Odin and not just adopted. Balder was then crowned Prince of Asgard. In contrast to Loki's life as a male god the goddess seems to use hidden truths to spin her sinister webs rather then lies.

Loki went over to Hela to ask a favor. She wanted to be transformed back to her true male form as she was on a mission. Hela then transformed her into the true man Loki was. Loki revealed that the body he was using was the body of Sif. Loki was sent back in time to the time when Asgardians were fighting the frost giants. Loki was attacked and slayed a frost giant. Their leader sensed their blood flowing through Loki's veins and knew he was one of them. Bor was seen chasing a frost giant and there was a powerful sorcerer. The powerful sorcerer that killed Bor was none other than Loki. He bid Bor farewell and transformed him into snow. Loki then influenced himself as a child to take revenge on his true father and to be tough. Loki's father was killed by the hands of Odin and young Loki appeared at the scene. He attacked Odin but was stopped and Odin took the young Loki to be his own son. After they left, the current Loki arrived and took satisfaction in striking his father with a sword. Loki returned to Hela and asked to be transformed back to her form in the body of Sif.

Dark Reign

Loki with the Cabal

Loki has joined Norman Osborn's secret Cabal. For their cooperation and services Osborn will provide them with the resources to accomplish their goals. Loki wants Asgard, back in the heavens where it belongs.When the chaos god Chthon returns, Loki acts swiftly to take him out. She appears to specific heroes during the Chaos Cascade as the Scarlet Witch, gathering them all in Wundagore.Together with some unexpected arrivals lead by Hank Pym, the Mighty Avengers defeat Chthon, unaware that they have become Loki's new pawns.

Loki continues with her plan to take Asgard by resurrecting Odin's father Bor and distorts his vision so that the world around him looks more deformed and grotesque. Unaware of who they were fighting, Thor and Bor battle each other until Bor falls under the might of Thor's hammer. Balder and Loki then appear and inform Thor that he has just killed his grandfather. Loki then reminds Balder that the laws of Asgard must be maintained, Thor must receive the full punishment for killing a member of the royal family. As prince of Asgard, Balder is forced to banish Thor from Asgard forever. Speaking to some Asgardians at a pub Loki informs them that their is another place were Asgard could dwell, in Latveria ruled by Victor Von Doom.

Loki plans on moving the Asgardians to Latveria now that Thor is out of the picture. Loki and Balder meet up with Dr. Doom in his castle in Latveria to discuss on moving them. The two Asgardians are fed by Doom's slaves and Balder starts to question him on why his slaves look malnourished as he is still in doubt of trusting Doom and Loki. They then discuss on moving the inhabitants of Asgard to Latveria. Finally it was decided that the Asgardians who wish to move to Latveria, shall be leaving through a portal made by Loki herself. Some Asgardians stay, but most follow Loki and Balder to live in Latveria under Doom.

Loki and Doom meet in the new home of the Asgardians, Latveria. Loki is now back in his male form as Thor was able to separate Sif from the body of an old, dying woman. Loki tells Doom that the Asgardians are loving Latveria as it is like they are back in a world where they are used to the weather and structures and living under a monarchy. Loki says everyone else is happy then Doom asks him if he's happy. Loki says with a grin that his happiness is just beginning.

Dr. Doom and Loki still continue to discuss their plans. Doom gives Loki a small army of Doombots to help him kill his target, who is later revealed to be Donald Blake. Loki then goes to prepare his own gift for Doom. Loki talks to an Asgardian named Endrik. Endrik shows Loki his sword and he tells him that he plans on giving it to his son one day, even though he doesn't have a son or a woman of his own. Loki tells Endrik to go with him and he puts a spell on him that makes him fall into a sleep.

Bill goes off to talk to Balder and on his way to him, he hears a scream. He looks at what is happening in the room and he overhears the plan of Loki and Doom. Loki used Endrik as a sacrifice for Doom so that he could try to use his organs to make himself immortal just like the Asgardians. Loki then spots Bill as he was watching them talk about their plans. He then sends three rogue Asgardians after him. Bill tries to fight them off, but he is stabbed in the gut by one of the superior Asgardian warriors.

Underworld Deals and the Siege on Asgard

Loki captured the spirits of his deceased minions killed by Balder in self-defense. Using these spirits as bait he met with the Dsir and defeated

The Void kills Loki

them, taking them as slaves to offer to Mephisto for 101 days. After making deals with Mephisto and his daughter Hela Loki is now free of the boundaries of death. Mephisto granted Hela a part of his hell (from the peninsula of Perfidy to the gully of Hubris) to Hela for a thousand years to reestablish the underworld of the northern mystical realm, Hel. For this little gift Hela had stricken him of the books of Hel, by doing so she made him the only really immortal Asgardian. It is difficult to say whether or not he has become immune to harm or simply will not pass on of old age. Loki was recently exiled from Asgard by lord Balder because of his actions in Latveria and his involvement in the Siege on Asgard.

The horned master of mischief and mayhem was last seen when he attacked the mad Sentry/Void above the remains of the city of Asgard, this action could be a way of faking his own death. His seemingly last words were: "I'm sorry, brother." Considering the deal he struck with Hel it is reasonable to believe that he has not passed on.

Resurrection

Loki resurrected as a boy

After the events of Siege, Thor mourns Loki's death and decides to resurrect his brother. Loki is given new life as a Parisian street hustler named Serrure (the French word for lock), having no idea of who he was or how he came to be. Instead Serrure feigns simple card tricks in front of an audience while an accomplice pickpockets them. Thor confronts Loki in his new form while Serrure's accomplice robs the god of thunder in civilian guise. But Thor catches the thieves in the act and chases Serrure down until he can convince the boy of his true nature and identity as the Asgardian god of mischief. Thor brings Loki home to the fallen Asgard just as refugees of the World Tree arrive fleeing the genocidal rampage of Uthana-Thoth. When Odin is brought back from Limbo to battle the warriors of the "Tenth World" Loki runs away, knowing that Odin would disapprove of his return and the destruction it would undoubtedly cause. Running into Iron Man, Loki was saved by Thor who defended his own reasons for bringing the trickster back.

Journey Into Mystery

rebelling against Ikol

To avoid the disapproval of the citizens of Asgard, Loki announces his intention to travel to the world of men and learn their ways, which Thor approves of. But before he can set off, a magpie (messenger bird) explodes in his chambers while delivering a key to Loki. This leads Loki into the very bowels of Asgard itself where he receives a message from a spiritual echo of his former self, saying that Loki's death at the hands of the Void was part of a greater scheme of death and rebirth and that Loki the child was necessary to complete the plan. However Loki refuses to follow this path, wanting to be his own person, and transforms the spirit of his former self into a magpie named Ikol. On returning to Earth, he witnesses Odin striking down Thor.

Loki & the gang

Thor had challenged Odin's wisdom in destroying Midgard with the revelation of the Serpent's return. Thor is imprisoned while Odin assembles the Asgardian army to cleanse away the Serpents influence no matter the cost. Meanwhile Loki, who disagreed with Odin's actions, is occupied by Volstagg who orders him to clean the stables of Thor's goats to keep him out of trouble and danger. But most importantly, Volstagg is to keep Loki from interfering with Odin's plans. Ikol convinces Loki that if Odin is to continue on this foolish path it would surely mean the end for them all and Loki quickly escapes. By using the wool of one of the goats, he descends into the roots of the World Tree to ask questions from the Nornish women who live there. Their sage wisdom causes Loki to weep because he does not know if theirs is the right path to follow. He seeks advice from Thor and breaks into his prison cell asking for help. Loki asks his brother what he would do if he had to let something bad happen in order to prevent something worse from happening and what if it cost him everything. With Thor's answer, Loki decided to free one of the imprisoned Hel Wolves and bind it to him in servitude using the bridle of Thor's goats. He revealed he needed help from one more 'personage' before heading for the realm of Hela.

Once there Loki begins to craft his impossible plan together. Pitting Hela and Mephisto against one another. In other words playing both sides against the middle. His endgame is possession over the powerful Dísir, the dead god of war Tyr and the powerful Destroyer Armor. As extra precaution Hela sends her handmaiden Leah along to the destruction of the Serpents "Anti-Asgard". But Loki's team or "Magic Secret Action Squad" as he calls them is nothing more than a distraction for Loki's real plan. Using the shadow of Surtur's all powerful Twilight Sword, Loki plans to rewrite Asgardian myth and prophesize the Serpents demise at the hands of Thor. Twilight's Shadow is really the world's most powerful pen.

Shattered Heroes

Thor defeated The Serpent but at the cost of his own life, so now Loki was on his own once again, and what was worse, the All-Mothers, the three goddesses left in charge of Asgard, knew what Loki had done. He had free Surtur, made deals with both Hela and Mephisto, stole the Destroyer and had created a litter of demon puppies. The All Mothers, black mailed Loki into being there spy and errand boy. And one day after sending Loki to his room as punishment for starting a fight with a human bully, Loki had a nightmare that Ikol was forced to wake him from.

This nightmare lead to the team-up of Loki, Leah and Hellstorm to stop Nightmare from killing countless children in comas from the Serpent's fear wave. Loki learned that he had a large deposit of fear stuff in his own head and had Leah take it out. He then traded it to Nightmare for the sake of the other children. This didn't sit well with Helstorm who know the destruction that Nightmare could cause with all the Fear Stuff Loki had given him freely. Loki then explained that he also told the Fear Lords about Nightmare have so much power and they striped him of it quickly and then began fighting among them selves over who should wield it. Loki pointed out they would never agree to agree and the fear stuff was safe.

Everything Burns

Surtur, having been released during Loki's plans against the Serpent, sets up a plan in order to cause the total destruction of the nine realms. Loki is able to bring about his defeat using his own trickery, and some help from Hela and Leah, to save Asgard. However, after the battle is won, Hellstorm delivers a terrible message: that Mephisto has taken the fear stuff crown, and will use it to gain total control over hell. Loki speaks to his past self, who reveals that since the crown is based on Loki's thoughts, it can only be destroyed with Loki's death. In order to save Asgard and the world, Loki consumes Ikol, effectively killing himself and letting the old Loki take control.

Young Avenger

A new team of heroes

When Wiccan and Hulkling are captured by an interdimensional parasite known as Mother, Loki comes to their aid and rescues them from the prison that they were being held in. They admit that they need help to defeat the creature, but are wary of trusting Loki, knowing who he is. They go to Asgard, and are met with Loki's father. With the help of Ms. America, the team flee to New York City, but are once again met by the parasite, and are captured.

They are saved by Kate Bishop and Noh-Var, but are then attacked by citizens of New York, who fall under the control of Mother as the team flies by in Noh-Var's ship. The team flee to Central Park in order to minimize the number of civilians in the area. Once there, Loki tells the group that their only choice to save themselves is to either kill Wiccan, or allow Loki to borrow Wiccan's powers for ten minutes so that he can save them. Seeing no other option, Wiccan agrees, and Loki immediately teleports away, seemingly abandoning the group to face the mob of mind controlled New Yorkers on their own.

While he intended to leave them to die, Loki has an internal conversation with the child self that he killed at the end of Journey into Mystery, and is convinced to return to the team. Once there, he defeats the creature, but the team is forced to leave New York, as Wiccan's spell is still intact. While the rest of the team is busy, Loki meets with Mother, revealing that he had planned everything that had happened with the parasite, working in order to gain access to Wiccan's immense power so that he can gain back the abilities he lost when he was reincarnated.

The team is left in a situation where neither Wiccan nor Loki are powerful enough to fight Mother. In order to increase Loki's power, Wiccan ages Loki's body to that of a teenager, increasing his powers. Now able to take on Mother, as well as Leah, who had recruited the exes of the other Young Avengers members, the group goes to Mother's dimension to stop things once and for all.

In his confrontation with Leah, she taunts him for destroying his younger self. Realizing that she is merely an illusion created by his own guilty conscious, Loki confesses his part in freeing Mother, as well as for killing his younger self. Now sated, the exes and Leah vanish, allowing the Young Avengers to defeat Mother.

When Wiccan turns to introduce his teammate to his parents, he finds that Loki is missing, having fled the scene due to his guilt.

Agent of Asgard

As a part of All New Marvel NOW!, Loki is receiving his own solo series. Living in his own apartment (that he has to magically move to different apartment buildings every now and then because people keep mistaking him for Harry Styles), Loki begins to take on missions for the All-Mother. In exchange for his help, certain crimes that he committed in the past are erased and forgotten. He breaks into the prison on Asgardia with the help of Lorelei to discover that his mother had betrayed him by keeping the future Loki alive and well, even going to him for consultations. Loki then refuses to do the bidding of the All-Mother and leaves.

The Tenth Realm

Thor goes to Loki for help after being exposed to the "bomb" set off by the Watcher's eye. He receives glimpses of the past in which he is made to realize that he has a sister and that there is a tenth realm that had been sealed away. With Loki's help, Thor enters the tenth realm - Heven, Land of the Angels. The fierce Angels do battle with Thor. Asgardians are enemies of the Angels.Loki, however, is a Jotuun, not an Asgardian, and therefore works out a deal with the Queen of the Angels. Taking a new female form, Loki becomes the Mistress of Strategies of Heven. Thor faces Angela in battle, and he is captured, while Loki leads a battalion of Angelic forces against Asgardia. Understanding that there are shields surrounding the home of the Asgardians, he encourages the Angels to attack head on, leading them to their deaths. With a fleet of Angels down, Loki seeks the help of Odin. Odin and Loki return to Heven prepared to rescue Thor and do battle, when Odin reveals that Angela is in fact his daughter. The Queen of the Angels allows Angela to leave, out of respect for her abilities, but she also renounces her. Angela has nowhere to go, and so before leaving, Loki reminds her that she is his sister, and therefore, she is welcome in his home.

March to AXIS

Loki returns to his apartment after the events that transpired in the Tenth Realm, to be greeted by his new friend Verity Willis. She is angry at him for manipulating her, but they don't get much time to work it out, as Doom transports Loki to Castle Doom in Latveria. Doom, after visiting the future, believes that in order to secure the safe future of the Earth, Loki needs to be contained. He suggests a magical duel, and ultimately, traps Loki. Verity is with him, however, and is undetected by Doom.

Avengers & X-Men: AXIS

After the initial round of fighting between the heroes (Avengers & X-Men) and the Red Onslaught, in which all of the heroes had fallen except for Iron Man, Magneto decided to flee Genosha. He began rounding up a new group of supers - the villains. He reached out to Sabretooth, Mystique, Carnage, the Hobgoblin, Jack O'Lantern, the Enchantress, Deadpool, Doctor Doom - and Loki! The group traveled to Genosha, and did battle with the Red Onslaught and the super sentinels he had been using to take down the heroes. The villains easily trashed the sentinels - something the heroes had not been able to do, and kept the Red Onslaught occupied while Doom and Wanda Maximoff worked their mixture of Order and Chaos magics to create an inversion, which reverted the Red Onslaught back into the Red Skull. The villains disappeared just as the Inversion took place.

Loki later reemerges as Loki (Agent of AXIS!) God of Heroism and Truth. Armed with the sword of truth, Gram, Loki feels the change caused by the Inversion Spell and decides to embrace it, along with a fellow Asgardian and former-villainess, Amora the Enchantress. As a hero, Loki does away with his trademark gold horns, and replaces the dark green ensemble he usually wears with pieces of gold armor, a white and green pattern, and a new headpiece. His first act of heroism occurs when he stops a heist from occurring at the hands of the Ringleader and his circus act-themed villains. For the first time in his life, Loki experiences praise for his actions and receives applause and cheers from the people he rescued. Transforming into a unicorn, Loki gallops away to find his inverted brother, Thor, who, now hammerless, has become the God of Evil. Armed with Jarnbjorn, Thor plays a gambling game. Loki reveals that the scared civilians are simply letting him win so as not enrage the Asgardian. Thor, angry, attacks Loki, who refuses to fight back, and asks why Loki is trying to help him. Now unable to tell a lie, Loki reveals that it is because he loves his brother. Thor responds by saying that he feels only disgust for Loki. Disheartened, Loki is pulled away from the conflict by Spider-Man passing overhead in a piece of aircraft. Spider-Man reveals that he and Steve Rogers have gathered all the former-villains who have now been inverted to form a new group of Avengers. These former villains will now have to stop both the evil Inverted Avengers and the bellicose warmongering X-Men of Apocalypse.

Back at his apartment, Loki called together his "friends" - Verity Willis, Lorelei, and Sigurd and they found him on his couch getting friendly with his new lover, the inverted Enchantress. Disgusted with the new Loki, Lorelei, Sigurd, and Verity leave. Verity takes it the worst, trying to convince herself that her "bitchy, funny" friend Loki was never really her friend at all and that she doesn't care, but she does. She calls Lorelei to ask if she can find any magical solution to return Loki to normalcy, but she says she cannot and she doesn't care anyway. While conversing on the phone with Verity, Lorelei reveals she is in the middle of committing a crime.

Loki is worthy!

Loki, among the ranks of the new Avengers, discusses what it really means to "love" someone with the Enchantress, who says she wishes to help correct the evil ways of her sister, Lorelei, because she loves her. Amora believes that true love is being able to hand her sister over for punishment and imprisonment in Asgardia to correct her wrongs. Loki is uneasy about this course of action, but even so, he teleports to Lorelei and Sigurd with Amora, and the pair overpowers and detains the criminal lovers. When Loki returns, Sabretooth informs him that they are about to leave as a group to battle the AXIS of Evil (the inverted Avengers) and Apocalypse and the X-Men (who are planning to unleash a gene bomb that would flash fry those who do not possess the mutant x-gene). During this final battle, Loki taunts an enraged and bloodthirsty Thor into following him through a portal onto the moon. Thor, out for blood, attacks Loki with the enchanted axe Jarnbjorn. Loki realizes that his only chance at survival is to grab Thor's hammer Mjolnir (left on the Blue Area of the moon when Thor became unworthy during the events of Original Sin), and hope he has become worthy. As it turns out, Loki is worthy of lifting Mjolnir and battles Thor with his own hammer. It is Jarnbjorn versus Mjolnir, both weapons of Thor. Thor, still by rights the god of thunder, calls down a huge blast of lightning to devastate his adoptive brother, but Loki, now wielding Mjolnir, is unaffected by the blast, and nearly defeats Thor with his hammer. During their battle on the moon, the Scarlet Witch (inverted, but subdued and forced into submission by the spirit of Daniel Drumm who was sent to possess her by Brother Voodoo), along with Doctor Doom and the inverted Red Skull (the White Skull with the powers of Charles Xavier) undid the damage that the Inversion Spell had caused. Loki was returned to his old, lying self, and the hammer Mjolnir fell from his grasp. When Thor returned to his old self, he could not remember what he had done or why he was on the moon. Loki tried to convince him of the truth - that he was worthy of Mjolnir. Thor did not believe him, and Loki returned to Earth. The villains, although they had been the ones acting heroically, took the blame for the antics of the inverted Avengers and X-Men, so that the common people's faith in their heroes would be restored.

Powers and Abilities

God of Mischief

Loki is the son of frost giants and so is endowed with super-strength and stamina and is much more resistant to injury than any mortal being. He has the strength level of an average Asgardian, able to lift about 30 tons. Though the limit he has reached through magically enhancing himself is difficult to tell as he has physically fought Thor to a standstill, as well as harmed The Silver Surfer with his punches. As well as being superhumanly strong, he is capable of surviving enormous amounts of physical punishment. This includes but is not limited to, being hit by Thor, The Hulk, Silver Surfer, The Destroyer Armour and Spider-man. Further more Loki is capable of surviving extreme injuries such as decapitation and dismemberment. This is more likely due to magic and not his inherent physical ability.

He is extremely long-lived and immune to all Earthly diseases and has after recent events obtained immortality. This does not mean that he is immune to harm, but is denied access to Hel's dimension. He is often credited as a genius, as witnessed in the Acts of Vengeance storyline and considered to be second to only Odin in Asgard when it comes to intellect. Further more Loki is especially skilled at persuasion and can often use this to confuse, dissuade or weaken his opponents, as well as join others to his cause. A testament to this is the fact that Loki has been allowed back into Asgard after attempting to kill, and being caught doing so, Thor nearly a hundred times. The greatest of Loki's plans is often foiled because of his obsessive need to humiliate Thor. He has admitted that instead of ruling worlds and conquering alien nations, he is bound to earth solely to torment Thor.

Loki is the most skilled magician in all of Asgard, if not all of the nine worlds. Through magic is he able to achieve a myriad of effects and powers such as supersonic flight, dimensional teleportation, intangibility and invisibility, energy blasts, energy manipulation, illusion casting and forcefield generation. He is also an apt telepath, being able to control the minds of others, read their minds, project his astral form and can actually use his telepathy to span galaxies in instants. At one time he was able to contact and manipulate Super Skrull in Skrull space, while being imprisoned in a secluded dimension by Odin. The thing that Loki excels the most at is power amplification and here he is truly without equal. He was the one who granted Absorbing Man his powers, has boosted Hydro Man to the point where he would take on the Avengers single-handedly and win, boost a lowly telepath's abilities to the level where he could defeat Thor fairly easily and so on. Loki can also add his powers on to others, as he has done with the Silver Surfer and Thor on separate occasions. There is virtually no limit to the things he can accomplish through magic.

Paraphernalia

In addition to his innate powers, Loki has several magical items at his disposal. This includes but is not limited to a scrying pool, the norn stones, magical whip, a special fire sword and a dagger which is equal to Mjolnir. At times he will call upon these items to assist him in battle, though only the norn stones and fire-sword seem to have made an appearance since the 80s.

He currently makes extensive use of the Sword of Truth known as Gram. It previously belonged to the Asgardian Sigurd, and it forces anyone it is used on to tell the truth.

Alternate Versions

Ultimate Universe (Earth-1610)

Gunnar Golmen

Half-brother to Thor, Blader and son of Odin. Hailing form Asgard, Loki was born to the Norse god-king Odin and the Queen of the Frost Giants as part of a peace treaty between Asgard and Jottunheim. As such, even though Loki fought alongside his brothers Balder and Thor as part of the 'Warriors Three' he was also half brother to the Frost Giant Prince Mammon and thus was torn between his loyalty to his father and his mother. Growing up in Asgard, Loki became known as the god of mischief for his pranks and trickster nature, though Balder rather viewed his brother as a Grim figure tied to his conviction that Ragnarok would occur. As one of the sons of Odin, Loki fought for Asgard during the war against Jottunheim, though following Asgard's victory he himself made clear that his initial aims of mischief and bringing Ragnarok were now his primary objectives. As such, he eventually stole the Norn Stones to please his mother, murdering Balder in the process (an act for which Loki was banished). However, the self appointed god of mischief and chaos patiently waited for an opportunity to destroy Asgard and eventually succeeded when he posed as Baron Zemo in order to procure 100,000 SS men from the German Third Reich. Combined with an army of Frost giants under his half-brother Mammon, Loki stormed the walls of Asgard and burned the World Tree before facing his brother Thor and father Odin. However, the trickster was outmatched and Odin, infuriated by Balder's death, imprisoned his wayward son within the 'Room with no doors'. Nevertheless, even though Asgard was destroyed, Loki remained imprisoned, brooding upon the favoritism his father Odin showed to Thor and the best means by which to disrupt his father's plans for Midgard (Earth).

Following the failed alien invasion, Loki escaped his prison and made his way to Earth to take revenge against Thor. He conspired with the Liberators to destroy the Ultimates, and start World War III per his role as god of mischief. Reborn as a God, (whereas Thor and Balder had been reborn as mortals), Loki used his powers over reality, in order to create the identity of Gunnar Golmen, the scientist brother of a delusional Thorlief Golmen (allegedly posing as Thor). the Norwegian super-soldier program and Thor's past life as Thorlief were all fabricated to make Thor appear insane, and turn the Ultimates against him. He also used his powers to frame Captain America for the murder of Hawkeye's family. His plans culminated in the invasion of the United States, where he participated as one of the leaders. Through out this, he hesitated from using his powers openly, since doing so would enable his father to find him.

Despite the careful planning of the Liberators, Loki and the Ultimates were able to turn the tables, and kill most of the Liberators and their soldiers. Faced with little alternative, Loki decided to take matters into his own hands and destroy the Ultimates himself. Before he could, the Scarlet Witch used her probability-powers to summon Loki's brother Thor.

Faced with his angry brother, Loki attempted to trap him in an illusion, but for unknown reasons, according to Thor, Loki's powers had begun to weaken. After surviving uninjured a direct assault from Thor. Loki decided to simply kill Thor and all the Ultimates by summoning an army of Asgardian monsters. While battling Thor himself. At this point, Loki had lost all fear of Odin and was on the verge of killing Thor before Odin intervened. Odin sent an army of warriors of Asgard to battle the monsters,and removed most of Loki's powers, making him vulnerable to Thor's hammer and presumably restoring Thor's Asgardian power. Without his powers and outmatched by Thor, Loki pleaded with his brother and ranted about how he had been merely jealous of Thor and wanted to see him fail. He also pointed out the absurdness of his manipulations and the humor in humans failing to realize it. Thor, not impressed, summoned a huge lighting bolt and banished him back to Asgard for punishment from Odin.

After the Ultimatum Wave, the Ultimates were finished, but with the help of Nick Fury and Carol Danvers they reformed the group into two separate teams: the Avengers and New Ultimates. Ka-Zar and Shanna also joined the Ultimates, but suddenly an army of Asgardian beast's arrived with a girl named Amora,and Loki himself who now wore a more '616' looking suit.

MC2 (Earth-982)

Still regretting his actions for the formation of the Avengers, Loki to the old heroes and brainwashed them to wreaked havoc on earth, thus destroying their reputation as heroes. It wasn't until the young superheroes and especially Captain America, who broke the gem that Loki was using to brainwash the heroes who were about to kill innocent people. For his actions, Loki was banished to limbo, with Hulk following him, to punish him for what he did to the heroes.

Earth X (Earth-9997)

It has been revealed through the monitoring devices of the Watcher, as well as through the eyes of Kyle Richmond that the Asgardians of Earth-9997 are not gods, as they have long believed to have been.

As it has been revealed, the Asgardians are really aliens who, like humanity, had been manipulated by the Celestials to be guardians of the Celestial embryo growing at the core of their planet. Like many of the species the Celestials have manipulated, this species lived long enough to evolve to the third tier of mutation. This level causes the individual to lose all definition and is defined by those around it, or its environment.

At some point the aliens that later became the Asgardians left their planet in a ship that was also without definition (which could have been some of their own fellow beings that were "willed" into becoming a craft for the others to travel space in) and eventually arrived on Earth hundreds of years ago.

They landed near a small Norse village where the town story teller, named Donnerson, whom had a bad eye and lame leg and loved the myths of Asgard, was the only villager brave enough to confront these beings. He was manipulated by Mephisto (disguised as a human) to will these beings into the Asgardian people. Calling himself "Odin", merged with his two "brothers" to fight "Surtur" and so Donnerson actually became Odin.

As Odin, Donnerson manipulated all the aliens into becoming the Asgardian race, and even the Asgardian realm itself. Hence, Loki was created, and existed solely on the will of Donnerson himself. However, the continued belief of Asgard amongst the people of Earth also played an important part in maintaining Asgard's definition.

In the 20th century when most of the world began to believe as Asgard as only a myth, Asgard was at risk of losing its definition. Odin originally sent his son Thor to Earth in the guise of Donald Blake to rekindle the belief in Asgard by having Thor return during a time when super human beings began appearing on the Earth.

To further cement peoples belief in Asgard, Odin allowed other beings from Asgard (specifically Loki himself) to interact with the people of Earth. It has also been said that Odin manipulated the events that caused Loki to be responsible for the original members of the Avengers to band together as yet another plan to reaffirm the existence of Asgard in the minds of mortal men.

At some point during this time, Loki had convinced Odin to teach Thor another lesson in humility and convinced the All-Father to turn Thor into a woman. Loki later cast a spell that would trap Thor in Asgard should she ever return there to tell Odin that Loki had tricked him into punishing Thor, giving Loki free reign on Earth.

Later, Loki was involved in a scheme to assassinate Dr. Stephen Strange, by Mephisto, who was manipulating Strange's long time man servant, Wong. Wong had cast a simple infatuation spell on Clea (whom he plotted to use as a tool to kill Strange) Clea fell in love with Loki due to this enchantment, and also slew Strange's mortal body with a spell which trapped his astral form in the Land of the Dead.

Loki later revealed to Captain America and Mar-Vel, that he was involved with the whole affair in order to prevent Clea and Wong from releasing the Mindless Ones into Earth's dimension and that he had involved himself so that he could seal Dr. Strange's Sanctum Sanctorium to prevent any evil that the two betrayers might unleash upon the mortal world.

Not long after Strange's betrayal, Loki had attacked New York with a number of Frost Giants, these giants were defeated by Thor and the Iron Avengers. Loki escaped after the battle.

After being forced to battle their friends and loved ones (including Sif and Balder) and being subject to Odin creating a new fantasy world out of Asgard, Thor and Loki were able to defeat Odin by having X-51 reveal the truth about Odin's past, and that Asgard was all a manipulation orchestrated by Donnerson and Mephisto. Thor then chopped down Yggdrasil, giving X-51 a map to travel in and out of the different realities in the multiverse without creating another divergent reality. When the Asgardians, learning the truth about Odin and their own nature returned to their original alien forms and left Donnerson to die in the void of space. However, they returned and restored Asgard and reinstalled Donnerson as Odin after his impassioned pleas for forgiveness.

Returning to Earth, Thor and Loki decided to take on their own destinies, Loki chose to become a hero and take on the identity of Thor and form his own team of Avengers, while the real Thor returned to his guise of Donald Blake, feeling that he could do more good as a simple mortal doctor than he could have ever done as Thor.

Later, after the death of Mephisto, and the victory on Earth, Loki gathered Ransak the Reject and Black Bolt together. There, Loki transformed himself into Thor and the trio then became a new incarnation of the Avengers.

Loki appears in the episode "Thor the Mighty," voiced by Graham McTavish. He is shown trying to conquer Asgard by manipulating a group of Frost Giants into attacking the realm while Odin is on the verge of the Odinsleep and Thor is on Earth. Later, it is revealed that Loki had manipulated several events in the episodes to draw his brother away from Asgard by posing as the Leader and ordering a heist by the Wrecking Crew and also as Balder to tell Odin of Thor's actions on Midgard. He is also shown working with the Enchantress. Following the Frost Giants' defeat by Thor, Loki ended up fighting him but was defeated and banished by Odin to the "Isle of Silence" where he is unable to speak, and thus, use his magic and/or trickery. After Enchantress frees him from the Isle, Loki sends her to gather the Masters of Evil to continue his ultimate plan. Loki is also implied to be the shadowy figure seen at the end of the episode "Masters of Evil."

Loki - Avengers: EMH

Loki returns in the three-part season finale episodes "This Hostage Earth," "The Fall of Asgard," and "A Day Unlike Any Other" having conquered Asgard as well as eight of the nine realms by corrupting the Tree of Life and usurping the Odinforce from Odin while Thor was away on Midgard. In "This Hostage Earth," Loki attempts to invade Earth by having the Masters of Evil steal the Norn Stones from the sorceress Karnilla in order to transport his forces to Midgard and effortlessly conquer the planet. However, his plan fails, as the Avengers manage to destroy the stones and in the process transport themselves to each of the eight mythical realms. In "The Fall of Asgard," Thor is captured by Loki who reveals to him that he is behind everything that has happened relating to Thor's exile and the creation of the Avengers, including the super-villain prison breakout and the creation of the Masters of Evil, with Loki admitting that his initial attack on Asgard and exile in "Thor the Mighty" was simply a diversion so that Thor would not perceive Loki as a threat while on Earth. Lastly, in "A Day Unlike Any Other," Loki is shown engaging the Avengers and numerous Asgardian warriors in their last battle to stop the God of Mischief from conquering the nine realms. As such, Loki notably showcases his new found control of the Odinforce by destroying Captain America's shield and fighting Iron Man in his Thor-buster Armor to a standstill. However, Loki loses control of the Odinforce and almost brings about Ragnarok, but is stopped when Ant-Man disconnects him from the Tree of Life, allowing Odin to regain consciousness and banish Loki to a place far worse than the Isle of Silence. Despite his defeat, Loki pledges to Odin and the Avengers that he will never stop trying to conquer Asgard and that Odin will suffer a thousand times worse for anything that he inflict on Loki in the meantime. Loki is then shown confined to a swamp-like realm where he is tortured by creature resembling Jormungandr, the Midgard Serpent, who drips poison into his eyes (presumably for eternity) while Loki screams hysterically at his endless torment.

Loki also appears in the two episodes of the series, Ultimate Spider-Man. In his first appearance, in the episode "Field Trip", he uses sorcery to transform Thor into frog, so he can take over Asgard and attack Odin while he was in the Odinsleep. Thor enlists the help of Spider-Man and his allies to beat Loki and reverse the spell. He later appears in the episode "Run Pig Run". Here, he transforms Spider-Man into a pig as revenge for defeating him, while a traditional Asgardian boar hunt takes place. With help from Thor and SHIELD, Spider-Man escapes from the hunters and Loki until sunset, when the hunt ends, and Spider-Man is transformed. Upon realizing they were tricked, the Asgardian hunters then give chase to him.

Loki returns in the Season 3 premier, "Avenging Spider-Man," where he partners with Doctor Octopus to take revenge on Spider-Man and the Avengers. At the end of the story, Loki is cast out of Earth and attacked by a number of monsters.

Film

Loki serves as the main antagonist in the animated direct-to-video film voiced by Graham McTavish. He attempts to bring about a new Ragnarök by bringing the Hulk to Asgard. He attempts to make the Hulk and puppet and Fight Thor, he succeeds for a very long time and beats Thor, he attempts to life the hammer up but fails, as he angers it makes the hulk angry and this in the end made him lose control over the hulk, making the Hulk break free of his control and flee the battle, Loki then was punished by Thor and Odin once he was out of the Odin force.

Helmed by Kenneth Branagh, and produced by Marvel Studios. Loki serves as the primary antagonist for the titular character Thor, and is played by Tom Hiddleston. Through out the movie Loki's jealousy can be seen of Thor and also how he tries to be Thor's equal and win Odin's heart as the favorite son and he tries to do this by having Thor banished and have the Frost Giants attack Asgard while Odin has fallen into the Odinsleep but Loki's true plans are revealed when he kills Laufey and tries to destroy Jotunheim by the full power of the Bifrost Bridge but the intervention of Thor prevents the destruction, when he tries to explain his actions to Odin that he did all of this for him and the good of Asgard so that he can still be the favorite son, but the disappointed look on Odin's face causes him to lose the last hope and love he may have had within him and he falls and vanishes into what is left of Bifrost, a colourful cloud of smoke. It is later revealed that something has happened to him when he was within the Bifrost cloud and now he is more evil. When Erik Selvig and Nick Fury are having a conversation in a unknown disclosed area, and Nick Fury shows Erik the Cosmic Cube that is when Loki shows him self controlling Erik and gives an evil smile saying "well i guess that's worth a look".

Loki appears as the main antagonist in the Avengers film, once again played by Tom Hiddleston. After being lost somewhere in the universe at the end of Thor, Loki comes into contact with the Other and a higher power, who provides him with ancient knowledge, a new purpose alongside a Sceptre and an army, the Chitauri, in return for the Tesseract. Loki through his control manipulates Erik Selvig, a friend of Thor, to create a device that would be able to harness the power of the cube, eventually he activates it for himself, and is transported across the realms when he is attacked by soldiers, who he disperses easily, he also takes control of Agent Barton, who he uses to escape the base, before its initial destruction. Loki in Germany, stages a diversion for Barton to raid a secure base in search of Iridium. During his diversion, Loki is comes face to face with Captain America and Iron Man, and he allows himself to be captured. While being transported to SHIELD, Thor arrives to return him to Asgard and a battle begins between Iron Man, Captain America and Thor , to Loki's amusement. In SHIELD custody he is placed in a containment cell, that was originally designed for the Hulk. While in custody he is confronted by the Black Widow, into a game of wits, where the trickster is tricked into revealing his plan to use the Hulk to cause destruction upon the Helicarrier. During Barton's attack on the Helicarrier, Loki is freed and the Hulk, as Loki's plan goes on a rampage aboard the ship, he also confronts and kills Agent Coulson, but before his last breath he shoots Loki with a new experimental weapon. Loki arrives to Stark Tower where Selvig is using the energy of the Arc Reactor to power the Tesseract device. The portal now fully active leads the Chitauri to attack the Earth. Loki is confronted by Thor, but after surprisingly stabbing his brother he engages in a chase with the Black Widow, but an arrow of Clint Barton's, opens him up for an attack by the Hulk. Loki's roar of "Enough, I am a God, you dull creature and I will not be bullied by--" angers the Hulk to pick him up and repeatedly slam him on the floor, like a rag doll. After he finds himself face to face with the Avengers, and accepts the drink that had been offered to him before. Following this he is transported back to Asgard by Thor using the Tesseract.

A year after the events of The Avengers, Loki is seen imprisoned in Asgard for his crimes. Only his mother, Frigga, communicates with Loki, providing some solace during his confinement. When Frigga is killed by one of the Dark Elves, Loki is sent into a fit of rage and swears vengeance. He helps Thor and Jane get to the realm of the Dark Elves to find Malekith, and appears to sacrifice his life during the final battle.

However, it is revealed at the end of the film that Loki had faked his death and is now impersonating Odin.

The film detailing a young Thor and Loki on an adventure to find the sword of Surtur. This is the most positive portrayal of Loki showing him as a young boy of fourteen to fifteen who is just beginning to learn magic and who has great love and trust for both Thor and Odin. Here Loki is portrayed as mischievous but also goodhearted and naive with a loving relationship with both Thor and Odin, willing to sneak off with his brother to find adventure. During their journey through Jotunheim Loki is not affected by the cold while Thor and the warriors three are shivering hinting at his frost giant heritage. He is also seen as more cautious and reasonable than the impulsive Thor being afraid of the power of the sword of Surtur and urging Thor to get rid of it. At the climax of the film he kills Algrim (Kurse: here portrayed as a trusted adviser of Odin who also blames him for the destruction of his people) with the sword of Surtur and a hint of his darker nature is shown.

Video Games

Marvel Ultimate Alliance

Marvel Ultimate Alliance

Loki appears to be a NPC boss in the game voiced by Larry Cedar. Loki was often an enemy of Thor, his brother, and allied with Dr. Doom, Ultron, Baron Mordo and Enchantress forming the Masters of Evil. When his allies attacked the the SHIELD Helicarrier and Omega Base they stole the Mutant amplifier and super solider serum which they used to create an army of bestial super soldiers which Loki later released upon Asgard along with an army of Frost giants. Having conquered Asgard and captured several of the gods including Balder Odinson, Heimdall and Tyr he crowned himself ruler of Asgard. While Doom made put his own plans, to steal the Odinforce from Odin and become a god, into action Loki fought a team of superheroes and tricked them by disusing himself as Col.Nick Fury into helping him unlock the powerful Destroyer armor. Loki was defeated however when the team tricked Loki into injuring him himself with the armor. When Doom was subsequently defeated Loki, for his part in the plot, was imprisoned in Asgard by Odin and punished for eternity by Odin.

During the Super Human Civil War , It was mentioned that he and Doom were still be being punished by Odin for his treachery, and as far as the general public is concerned, he is dead.

Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2

Loki gets mentioned by Thor that he is still being punished with Doctor Doom - He is voiced by Larry Cedar.

Marvel Heroes

Marvel Heroes

Loki is a playable character in the game.

Disney Infinity: Marvel Super Heroes

Disney Infinity

Loki is a playable villain in the game, with Troy Baker reprising his role from Ultimate Spider-Man. He fights by using his scepter from the Avengers movie, in addition to spellcasting and illusions. He is one of the playable villains alongside Ronan the Accuser and the Green Goblin.

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